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Variant: Three Reds Around Blue
Restricted: For reference only

Variant: Three Reds Around Blue

Josef Albers (American, born in Germany, 1888–1976)
1948
Medium/TechniqueOil on Masonite
Dimensions57.47 x 75.56 cm (22 5/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Agoos
Accession number66.23
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right: A48 [monogram]; Reverse: "3 Reds around Blue"/Albers '48Provenance1956, sold by the artist through the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to Herbert M. and Ruth Agoos, Cambridge, Mass.; 1966, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Agoos to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1966)
Copyright© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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